8-letter words containing a, s, u
- stay out — to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years.
- stay put — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- steam up — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- stipular — of or like a stipule or stipules
- stratous — of or relating to stratus
- straucht — straight
- striatum — a striped mass of white and grey matter in the brain which controls movement and balance
- stumpage — standing timber with reference to its value.
- stunkard — sulky
- stunsail — studdingsail.
- stuntman — a man who substitutes for an actor in scenes requiring hazardous or acrobatic feats.
- stuprate — to ravish or rape
- suasible — able to be persuaded
- sub rosa — confidentially; secretly; privately.
- sub-area — a subsidiary area, field, study, or the like.
- subabbot — an abbot who is subordinate to another abbot
- subacrid — slightly acrid
- subacute — somewhat or moderately acute.
- subadult — having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, or plant.
- subagent — a person whose duties as an agent are delegated to him or her by another agent.
- subareas — a subsidiary area, field, study, or the like.
- subaudio — (of a sound) low frequency
- subaural — below the ear
- subaxial — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or forming an axis: an axial relationship.
- subbasin — a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- subcaste — Sociology. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions.
- subcause — a factor less important than a cause
- subclaim — a claim that is part of a larger claim
- subclass — a primary division of a class.
- subcosta — a longitudinal vein in the anterior portion of the wing of an insect.
- subdural — of or relating to the dura mater.
- subdwarf — a star which is smaller than a dwarf star
- subequal — not quite equal
- suberate — a salt of suberic acid
- subgoals — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- subgrade — the prepared earth surface on which a pavement or the ballast of a railroad track is placed or upon which the foundation of a structure is built.
- subgraph — a graph linked with another graph
- subhuman — less than or not quite human.
- subimago — the first winged stage of the mayfly, with dull opaque wings, known to anglers as a dun, before it metamorphoses into the shiny gauzy imago or spinner
- sublease — a lease granted by one who is already a lessee of a property, as an apartment.
- sublunar — situated beneath the moon or between the earth and the moon.
- subnasal — situated beneath the nose
- subnodal — below the level of a node
- subotica — a city in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, in N Serbia.
- subovate — almost egg-shaped
- subpanel — a panel that is part of a larger panel
- subphase — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- subplant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- subpoena — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subpolar — subantarctic.